Joe Kyrillos

Joe Kyrillos (12 April 1960-) was a Republican member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 13th district from 12 January 1988 to 14 January 1992 (interrupting Joseph Azzolina's terms) and a member of the New Jersey Senate from the 13th district from 14 January 1992 to 9 January 2018 (succeeding James Phillips and preceding Declan O'Scanlon).

Biography
Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. was born in Kearny, New Jersey in 1960, the son of a Greek physician and his Greek-American wife. He went to school in Rumson, Monmouth County, and he worked for George H.W. Bush during the 1984 presidential campaign. He was first elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1988, serving until 1992, when he was elected to the State Senate. He failed in his 1992 bid for the US House of Representatives and his 2012 bid for the US Senate, and he retired in 2017.